Apple Defends🛡 App Store Amid Mounting Criticism

Apple Inc on Wednesday publicly defended its App Store from mounting criticism over its treatment of rivals in a new blog post detailing its functions and guidelines.

Companies like music streaming leader Spotify Technology have criticized the iPhone maker's practices, describing it as anti-competitive behaviour in a complaint to the European Union's antitrust regulators.

Central to Spotify's complaint is a 30% fee Apple charges content-based service providers to use Apple's in-app purchase system (IAP).

In a section called "Principles and Practices", Apple defended its practices, saying developers decide what they want to charge from a set of price tiers.

"We only collect a commission from developers when a digital good or service is delivered through an app."

"We also care about quality over quantity, and trust over transactions. That's why, even though other stores have more users and more app downloads, the App Store earns more money for developers. Our users trust Apple — and that trust is critical to how we operate a fair, competitive store for developer app distribution," it added.